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Santiago Township. From June 30, 1876, to fall of that same year, the plot passed quickly through its first three Euro-American owners: Ole Martinsen, Samuel P. Glidden, and Herbert and Eleanor Fox. Either of the first two must have constructed the house, as the Foxes' grandson Bill Fox recalled
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began demolishing the Fox House, but immediately recognized its unusual construction and halted work for a historical assessment. State officials agreed the house was architecturally significant, and the Fox House was conserved in place. It was listed on the
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